Guidebook for Canberra

Elizabeth
Elizabeth

Guidebook for Canberra

Food Scene
This is our favourite! Delicious food, great service and vibrant atmosphere. Great service, BYO no corkage.
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Rama's Fiji Indian Restaurant
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This is our favourite! Delicious food, great service and vibrant atmosphere. Great service, BYO no corkage.
Greek home cooking
Olive at Mawson
Greek home cooking
For the chocolate connoisseur
Bruno's Truffles
106-116 Mawson Place
For the chocolate connoisseur
Vibrant and always great food and good value for money. Recommend
Sammy's Kitchen
Vibrant and always great food and good value for money. Recommend
Home style Italian cooking. Recommend.
Figaro
Home style Italian cooking. Recommend.
gluten free bakery and coffee
Deeks Health Foods Production
gluten free bakery and coffee
A casual atmosphere with cosy nooks and a courtyard for outside dining. Popular with locals
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A Bite To Eat
8 Chifley Place
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A casual atmosphere with cosy nooks and a courtyard for outside dining. Popular with locals
Highly recommended by our neighbours. Award winning chef.
Pistachio Dining at Torrens
Highly recommended by our neighbours. Award winning chef.
Good reviews. Have eaten here before and was very good.
The Ridge Restaurant
Good reviews. Have eaten here before and was very good.
family friendly thai food
Lemongrass
88 Corinna Street
family friendly thai food
Tasty Thai food, good prices, small indoor and outdoor casual dining
Thai @ Mawson
Tasty Thai food, good prices, small indoor and outdoor casual dining
Great coffee, indoor outdoor cafe
Italian Continental Bakery
Great coffee, indoor outdoor cafe
North Indian food.
Flavours of India
North Indian food.
Italian pasta and pizza, seafood and wine Open 7 days a week
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Belluci's
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Italian pasta and pizza, seafood and wine Open 7 days a week
easy and cheap takeaway or home delivery
Domino's Pizza Mawson
easy and cheap takeaway or home delivery
Great coffee, light lunches, chocolates
Hansel & Gretel
42 Townshend Street
Great coffee, light lunches, chocolates
Award winning restaurant. Great service and food.
Chairman & Yip
1 Burbury Cl
Award winning restaurant. Great service and food.
Modern Australian cuisine. Lovely spot can sit outside or in with a beautiful view of the lake.
The Boat House
Modern Australian cuisine. Lovely spot can sit outside or in with a beautiful view of the lake.
Great Laksa, casual dining
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Chinese Kitchen Dumpling House
8 Keltie Street
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Great Laksa, casual dining
Located in the fabulous Nishi Building meet for drinks with friends picture theater here too.
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Monster Kitchen and Bar
25 Edinburgh Ave
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Located in the fabulous Nishi Building meet for drinks with friends picture theater here too.
Italian restaurant, indoor and outdoor dining.
Corvina Restaurant
Italian restaurant, indoor and outdoor dining.
Tasty and fresh. Good value
Vietnam House
Tasty and fresh. Good value
This is such a lovely restaurant for a special night out. Cosy and fantastic service. Wonderful food!
Rubicon Restaurant
6A Barker St
This is such a lovely restaurant for a special night out. Cosy and fantastic service. Wonderful food!
This restaurant is in the Heritage Kurrajong Hotel. Great steaks and a glassed in terrace looking out into the courtyard gardens.
Chifley's At The Kurrajong
8 National Circuit
This restaurant is in the Heritage Kurrajong Hotel. Great steaks and a glassed in terrace looking out into the courtyard gardens.
Everything Else
This is a fabulous deli for the best Italian bread in town and beautiful cold cuts and gourmet foods.
Tutto Delicatessen
142-152 Mawson Pl
This is a fabulous deli for the best Italian bread in town and beautiful cold cuts and gourmet foods.
Lots of boutique shops, good restaurants, movie theatre
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Manuka Shops Franklin St
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Lots of boutique shops, good restaurants, movie theatre
If you like to have a bit of a fossick for antiques this place has some quality pieces
Fyshwick Antique Centre
86 Gladstone St
If you like to have a bit of a fossick for antiques this place has some quality pieces
This area has many garden centres and cafes and a winery.
Pialligo
This area has many garden centres and cafes and a winery.
Essentials
This shopping centre is the one stop shop for all your essentials. Woolworths , CBA bank, ATM, Chemist,hairdresser,beautician, newsagent,bakeries,delicatessen, pizza, clubs and petrol stations.
Southlands Shopping Centre
This shopping centre is the one stop shop for all your essentials. Woolworths , CBA bank, ATM, Chemist,hairdresser,beautician, newsagent,bakeries,delicatessen, pizza, clubs and petrol stations.
Groceries open until 10.00pm every day.
Woolworths Mawson
Groceries open until 10.00pm every day.
great value fresh fish and vegetables and butchers in a market atmosphere
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Fyshwick Fresh Food Markets
12 Dalby St
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great value fresh fish and vegetables and butchers in a market atmosphere
Woden Coin-Op Laundry
13 Botany St
Entertainment & Activities
restaurant,cinemas, cafes, coffee and fabulous architecture.
Capital Chemist
restaurant,cinemas, cafes, coffee and fabulous architecture.
A fantastic market undercover with fresh produce, jewellery, clothing, arts and crafts the 'glassworks' factory is next door a great day out.
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Old Bus Depot Markets
21 Wentworth Ave
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A fantastic market undercover with fresh produce, jewellery, clothing, arts and crafts the 'glassworks' factory is next door a great day out.
Arts & Culture
for all your favourite movies
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Dendy Cinemas Canberra Centre
148 Bunda St
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for all your favourite movies
The National Gallery is generally free and also hosts major exhibitions throughout the year.
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National Gallery of Australia
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The National Gallery is generally free and also hosts major exhibitions throughout the year.
8 cinemas
HOYTS Woden
8 Bradley St
8 cinemas
Blundells Cottage
A lovely little gallery not far from our home. Has a cafe too. Indoor and outdoor courtyard. Always worth a visit
81 Denison St
81 Denison St
A lovely little gallery not far from our home. Has a cafe too. Indoor and outdoor courtyard. Always worth a visit
Parks & Nature
Canberra's annual flower extravaganza
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Floriade
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Canberra's annual flower extravaganza
Pack a picnic and enjoy the beautiful surrounds. Playground for the kids, walks around the river. With a view of the dam, there are toilets and bbq facilities too. It's about a 25 minute drive from our home.
Cotter Dam
Pack a picnic and enjoy the beautiful surrounds. Playground for the kids, walks around the river. With a view of the dam, there are toilets and bbq facilities too. It's about a 25 minute drive from our home.
This is a 2 minute walk from our home. Beautiful views from the summit.
Mount Taylor Nature Reserve
This is a 2 minute walk from our home. Beautiful views from the summit.
250 hectare arboretum with a cafe and restaraunt. A stunning collection of bonsai. Beautiful views and walks.
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National Arboretum Canberra
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250 hectare arboretum with a cafe and restaraunt. A stunning collection of bonsai. Beautiful views and walks.
999 Lady Denman Dr
999 Lady Denman Dr
Lovely spot on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin great for kids and families or just a lovely walk.
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Weston Park
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Lovely spot on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin great for kids and families or just a lovely walk.
Sightseeing
Canberra's national museum with fabulous views on the edge of lake Burley Griffin
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National Museum of Australia
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Canberra's national museum with fabulous views on the edge of lake Burley Griffin
The Australian War Memorial combines a shrine, a world-class museum, and an extensive archive. Has a cafe too.
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Australian War Memorial
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The Australian War Memorial combines a shrine, a world-class museum, and an extensive archive. Has a cafe too.
Lanyon is an historic homestead and grazing property. You can look through the house and outbuildings and enjoy the garden and restaurant.
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Lanyon Homestead
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Lanyon is an historic homestead and grazing property. You can look through the house and outbuildings and enjoy the garden and restaurant.
Open in the spring a must for the garden lover.
Tulip Top Gardens
Open in the spring a must for the garden lover.
Shaw Vineyard Estate is a lovely spot to have taste some wines and have a meal at is restaurant 'Flint' book a table on the verandah over looking the vines
Shaw Wines
34 Isabel Dr
Shaw Vineyard Estate is a lovely spot to have taste some wines and have a meal at is restaurant 'Flint' book a table on the verandah over looking the vines
Canberra's botanic gardens at the bottom of Black Mountain. Take a picnic and spread out on the lawns. Has a cafe too.
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Australian National Botanic Gardens
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Canberra's botanic gardens at the bottom of Black Mountain. Take a picnic and spread out on the lawns. Has a cafe too.
You can walk or bike around the lake, push bikes for hire and paddle boats. Picnic on its shores and watch the yachts.
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Lake Burley Griffin
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You can walk or bike around the lake, push bikes for hire and paddle boats. Picnic on its shores and watch the yachts.
You can view glass artists working.
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Canberra Glassworks
11 Wentworth Ave
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You can view glass artists working.
Lots of beautiful hand made crafts here
Bungendore Wood Works Gallery
22 Malbon St
Lots of beautiful hand made crafts here
Lots of little antique shops, cafes, the woodwork gallery. Nice little town for a day trip only 43 minutes from our home to Bungendore
Bungendore
22 Malbon St
Lots of little antique shops, cafes, the woodwork gallery. Nice little town for a day trip only 43 minutes from our home to Bungendore
Book a tour and see the beautiful architecture, the lovely courtyards, art exhibitions and where our politicians work
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Parliament House
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Book a tour and see the beautiful architecture, the lovely courtyards, art exhibitions and where our politicians work
Lovely view at night. Cafe downstairs, restaurant upstairs.
Red Hill Lookout Cafe & Bar
1 Red Hill Dr
Lovely view at night. Cafe downstairs, restaurant upstairs.
Lovely view of Canberra especially beautiful in the Autumn or at night.
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Telstra Tower
100 Black Mountain Dr
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Lovely view of Canberra especially beautiful in the Autumn or at night.